INDIANA HORTICULTUEAI. SOCIETY. 29Y 



OUTBUILDINGS FOR THE ORNAMENTAL HOME. 



BY H. H. SWAIM, SOUTH BEND. 



We have an artistic house, with a beautiful lawn, the grounds orna- 

 mented with flowers and shi'ubbery and a few magnificent trees. And 

 now must we spoil the picture by putting in the outbuildings which are 

 deemed necessary to every rural home? The domestic animals and fowls 

 must certainly be provided with shelter convenient to the house, but I 

 fear it will not add to the beauty of the surroundings. It will not be 

 necessary to spoil the lawn, however, as the proper location is in the 

 rear of the house, 'and for sanitary reasons they should be on a slightly 

 lower level than the dwelling, and, wherever possible, on the side oppo- 

 site the prevailing summer winds. ISIake the buildings as few in num- 

 ber as the conditions will allow, and the style of architecture should 

 harmonize with that of the dwelling. Then, when all is complete, plant 

 a hedge of arbor vitae or other evergreen between them and the dwelling 

 house, so as to isolate them as much as possible, and you have done 

 much to improve what, on most farms, is a very unornamental part of 

 the surroundings. 



WALKS AND DRIVES. 



BY S. JOHNSON, IRVINGTON. 



Meeting a friend on last Friday, I said: "Mr. K., the secretary of 

 the State Horticultural Society has got me into trouble, and I want you 

 to help me out. He has assigned the subject of 'Wallis' for me to write 

 and read a paper on at this meeting, and although I have spent many a 

 hard day's work in an endeavor to keep walks in decent order, yet I 

 know but little about them. What shall I say?" Said he: "Just say, 

 'gravel walks are the best' " This gave me a text. Being by nature 

 combative, I said: "I will do no such thing, for I do not believe in gravel 

 walks." I have nearly worn my life away in trying to keep gravel walks 

 clean, and I shall not advise others to follow in my footsteps. Following 

 up my desire for information, I called on Mr. Powers, superintendent of 

 parks in our city, and laid before him my trouble. He at once handed 

 me his printed report to the Board of Works, and pointed out to me the 

 following, which so exactly coincides with my views that I reproduce it, 

 to wit: "No gravel path will afford good walking when heavy rains oc- 



